Steep rises and unexpected dives in the price of cryptocurrencies are relatively common. As the market stabilises, the volatility has slowly decreased, but irrationality will always be part of the trading game.
Brooks quit his role at San Francisco-based Binance.US, citing "differences over strategic direction" in the Twitter post. He worked only three months at the company, which is the American counterpart to Binance — the Chinese company that operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume.

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